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He is fighting his chances to qualify for the World Championships in London... Uncle Wong is also in the same boat... but we can only have two players to participate (LCW has already earned his qualification... if he doesn't, who can qualify? haha)

He is fighting his chances to qualify for the World Championships in London... Uncle Wong is also in the same boat... but we can only have two players to participate (LCW has already earned his qualification... if he doesn't, who can qualify? haha)

PETALING JAYA: Mohd Hafiz Hashim’s slim hopes of qualifying for the World Championships in August went up in smoke after he crashed out in the third round of the Australian Open in Melbourne yesterday.

The KLRC shuttler, who is ranked 33rd in the world, needed to win the Australian Open title to at least stand a chance of breaking into the top 24.

However, all Hafiz could do was go down 17-21, 11-21 to Japan’s Sho Sasaki, a player the Malaysian used to defeat with relative ease.

A country can have two shuttlers in the competition if they are ranked among the top 64 and a maximum of three if all are in the top 24.

Hafiz is currently the third ranked Malaysian behind Lee Chong Wei and Wong Choong Hann.

PETALING JAYA: Mohd Hafiz Hashim’s slim hopes of qualifying for the World Championships in August went up in smoke after he crashed out in the third round of the Australian Open in Melbourne yesterday.

The KLRC shuttler, who is ranked 33rd in the world, needed to win the Australian Open title to at least stand a chance of breaking into the top 24.

However, all Hafiz could do was go down 17-21, 11-21 to Japan’s Sho Sasaki, a player the Malaysian used to defeat with relative ease.

A country can have two shuttlers in the competition if they are ranked among the top 64 and a maximum of three if all are in the top 24.

Hafiz is currently the third ranked Malaysian behind Lee Chong Wei and Wong Choong Hann.

We have to take our hats off to Uncle WCH.
As for MHH, he should appraise his situation whether at his age, he could continue to be on tour as a pro. It is quite embarrassing to keep crashing out in the early rounds of grand prix events where the big stars are not even playing and losing to non-starters he could easily beat in the past. Maybe, MHH could consider a coaching job with KLRC and that's not a small matter.

We have to take our hats off to Uncle WCH.
As for MHH, he should appraise his situation whether at his age, he could continue to be on tour as a pro. It is quite embarrassing to keep crashing out in the early rounds of grand prix events where the big stars are not even playing and losing to non-starters he could easily beat in the past. Maybe, MHH could consider a coaching job with KLRC and that's not a small matter.

What? Habiz to be a coach? Pls tell me which academy and I'll tell my friends to avoid sending their children there... BOLEH

We have to take our hats off to Uncle WCH.
As for MHH, he should appraise his situation whether at his age, he could continue to be on tour as a pro. It is quite embarrassing to keep crashing out in the early rounds of grand prix events where the big stars are not even playing and losing to non-starters he could easily beat in the past. Maybe, MHH could consider a coaching job with KLRC and that's not a small matter.

Sho Sasaki is not a nobody, He is ranked higher than Hafiz at 26 and he is not young, he is 29. As stated by PBM he also won the 2010 dutch GP. Hafiz is expected to lose against Sho Sasaki. To me, Hafiz is just another badminton player with so-so performance that currently ranked 33 in the world (which is not bad actually).